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Racist Hate Speech at School and its Association with Bystanders’ Active Defending – The Protective Role of Immigrant Background

  • There are scarce studies on bystanders’ responses to racist hate speech. The present study was rooted in the general aggression model to examine the direct and indirect associations between witnessing racist hate speech and bystanders’ active defending behaviors. Moreover, we examined if these associations varied as a function of the immigration background of bystanders. The sample included 3,225 7th, 8th, and 9th graders (51.7% girls, 37.2% with an immigrant background) from 40 schools in Switzerland and Germany. A multilevel mediation path model revealed that witnessing racist hate speech negatively predicted bystanders’ active defending. It also had indirect associations with bystanders’ active defending via low levels of empathy. Finally, associations were not observed in students with an immigrant background. The findings regarding the potential contribution of these results to preventing hate speech in school are discussed.

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Author: Melisa Castellanos, Alexander WettsteinORCiD, Ludwig BilzORCiD, Sebastian WachsORCiD
DOI:https://doi.org/10.3233/DEV-230341
ISSN:2192-001X
ISSN:2191-7485
Title of the source (English):International Journal of Developmental Science
Document Type:Scientific journal article peer-reviewed
Language:English
Year of publication:2023
Tag:bystanders' responses; desensitization; general aggression model; hate speech; migration background
Volume/Year:17
Issue number:1-3
First Page:31
Last Page:41
Fundername (not EU):DFG
Project number (not EU):BI 1046/9-1
Way of publication:Open Access
Faculty/Chair:Fakultät 4 Humanwissenschaften (bis 2023 Soziale Arbeit, Gesundheit und Musik) / FG Pädagogische Psychologie in Gesundheitsberufen
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